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. Also, a few Catholic schools are :Usoa is cer?Wy there. Last year, So)lth Oak Cliff Coach VJOiation °~ UIL ruies. ·.. : · .. ' ·. Jett accused porth Dallas coaches of "recr'ui~g" his player8! . . . · . · ··, .' . The antiquated transfer rules wer~ pushed through when·. Whether they do or not, the mlnorlty-to-n1ajority rule allows small towns .w?illd scout an athlete In a visiting ,town, then blacks to transf~_r to white schools. An encouraging word ~ . ~ ... · .,.. . . , offer the ch1ld s ,father a job to get the kid on fhe footb~ from an·over-amaous coach always helps.· . . . . ,,:;; .; . . . .;;\ ·..,; . . -~ , team. That rule lS still on the UIL book~, and a .transfer kid. Another argument against the combination of public and : '· .· .· s{;_;{+ ;, , · ~ pla~ only If he is a senior. That .rul~ 1s stupid m 1?78... private sc?ools is dominance. C~clnnatl Moeller hai:!. wori : ~~''-~·'· ~i\.. I thmk some schools give tuition, Marshall said, and three straight state championships..A neighboring private ·· ' ··~~·?." -~ t~at ~uld _be used as a scholars';fP·"· Some schools give kids school has won nine sv;imm!ng championships, and still tin>: ,. '·. . . . ) £~anc1al rud, if their parents c:m t afford to send the kid~ a ?t~er is dominant In ba<>eball. .· . . . '· :~:~_. · :·,,,, . ,.·,' · 4'" , . · school. . , .. · . . . · T~.ere is no w~y to control that if they are withirt th~,.:: ., ... : ·~,, ,., ....,.. :·'\. ·.. . , ... , ..: . J J _And of course, there s recrwtmg. . rules, Marshall said. . ·. : .., .i·:.. ; ... ~;-:'.:~·...,·e~>· ·.:1~ ·. ··. :•(: . . "Y~u hf!ar abo~t that with the pnvate schools all the Of course, there isn't. There is no way to keep Plano frotn :· are separated. :tS there a reason? IS there a justification? time, Marshallsatd. · . . . opening another lOth-grade unit Instead of a second or thlril : "That's just ihe way It was originally organized," said BaiYou hear a?<>ut It With the public schools, too. In almost senior high school so more than 40 kids could call theniseh~~ley Marshsll, directOr general of the University Interschola.S- every predommantly white school In Dallas, there are blacks varsity football players; Temple, Duncanville and other cit!~.:· tic League. "If we combined In Texas, there would be some. bu::~ from another part of town. . . . . . are doing the _Mme thing. . ' . ; . . ~ ·~· ,_/~-~problems." Its strange how many of_ those kids JUSt happen to be "It would make our, hedulin. . 1 t. . d alre d ::··., good f 00 tball 1 " 'd Pinksto Co ·h LT Th · sc g a o eas1er an a y we .. _ . . , .. , P ayers, sal . n ~c · · omas. follow ever UIL rule " Jesuit's p said ' . . WHEN un; REGULATIONS are In ed th. a1 ·. · · I don t know that anyone has recrwted any of my play- · Y • . asqua · . .•.· _ vo1v • ere ways " said J k K k h h h ed · "If h "" ul · h · · · ' . .,. some problems. Unless. you llve lri 1917. For one, private" ers, . ac ... ec , w o coac es at t e p~ ommantly black t e.,J.·exas r e were c allenged In court, it ~ould n~ver> sch~lS _have no boundaries, and that l.s a violation of . UlL Carter H1gh. If I heard a concrete word, I d yell so loud ~hey stand up, Moeller Coa~h Gerry Faust said. , . "-~ · ;'· rules, To be able to' cOmpete for the. chan1plonship, the . ri-·.. :ould hear me _in north pallas: But I will say,! wouldn t be ~ why n~t challenge? . . , · · ..·· • . . . L . vate schools woulrl have tci agree to distriCt lines; such aS ~he .· sur~r~~ if it happened. · · You d?n t know how long it woUld be tied up In_ court·~· ; private schools in Ohio have. .·. · ; IT MAy NOT happen but the opportunity for it to happen Pasqua srud. ' · · . · · . · ·.. / . . , . ~ ., '~ · · . . .. · ~ut of course, you never know until you try. ·' ·d .. : '1 !'·'\ :: .. .
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